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I picked up a colt 38 amu signed by clark under the slide. does anyone know where I can buy some brass or ammo. Irishjj
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Pretty neat find. I've got to say, though, I did a quick search in my references and online, and could turn up very little about the cartridge. It seems you can turn down the rim on .38 Specials and form your own. Nothing from CH4D, nothing from Buffalo Arms.
At least turning down rims isn't too difficult.
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Oddly enough, there was a guy on the High Road who posted about having an AMU in his 38Spl brass, and what to do with it. Interesting caliber.
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Yeah, saw that in a search! Apparently the .38AMU is about as dead as a cartridge can be.
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I cant even find any specs on this one.
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thanks alot i hope i can find some brass. I have a Giles 38 super with an extra 38 spl barrel. He rechambered a 38 Super to the 38 spl and added a 38 spl clip and extracter. thanks irishjj.
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i have a picture but i dont know how to post it. text from the link;
The 38 A.M.U. for(Army Marksmanship Unit)was introduced for the 1964 Army National Match. The 38 AMU was used in special 1911 pistols made by Colt with Drake Slides and were only used for the 1964 National Match.
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irishjj wrote: thanks alot i hope i can find some brass. I have a Giles 38 super with an extra 38 spl barrel. He rechambered a 38 Super to the 38 spl and added a 38 spl clip and extracter. thanks irishjj.
case on a super is .005 larger dia than a special.wonder how well that will work.i had a colt conversion to super years ago before it became popular to make the major power factor required for some competitions.it was made to headspace off the rim not the case mouth.with the rim only .02 dia larger than the body it was a pitiful setup.later they began to headspace off the mouth and it worked well.i got rid of the barrel.should have rechambered it to 38 clarke.Last edited on Fri Apr 11th, 2008 05:47 PM by wheezengeezer
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your right about the 38 super being hard to get to shoot. 5 years ago I changed the old barrel to a Bar Sto and it really helped. I could do that again and it would be cheaper but it is neat as it is. Thanks Irish JJ
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I know where there are two full 50 round boxes of .38 AMU
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Tom Militano wrote: I know where there are two full 50 round boxes of .38 AMU
Buy them.they are very uncommon.
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How about Starline??? Also, check Shotgun News or Gun Digest mags...
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I now own them.
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The .38 AMU was a rather ingenious solution to a non-existent problem. Both Colt and S&W came up with commercially produced autopistols that fired .38 Special wadcutter ammo - complete with rims - without too much problem. (The ones I have - one each, he said with his offhand, snobby voice - don't have any problems as long as I load the bullets flush with the case.)
About the only thing to do to shoot this pistol is to turn off the rims and cut an extractor groove in .38 Special cases.
.223 cases are almost the same size at the head and extractor groove. To convert those, you'll have to shorten, trim to proper length and then inside ream to seat bullets. And the volume will be smaller than usual.
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check out ammo-one.com
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